GRE Word List
SUSTENANCE
means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
The meaning of the word sustenance is means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| puerile | juvenile |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |